Feed-bag.



PATENTED DEG. 31, 1907.

H. E. LOCKE @L W. A. SCOTT.

FEED BAGA31 APPLICATION FILED APR. 24,1907,

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fr orrirelt HUGH E. LGKE AND WALTER. A. SCOTT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOS ne, weise,

Specification of Letters Patent.

etented "Dec, 31, 190',

Application filed April 2i, i907. srsl llo, 30il0l.

To all whom it may concern:

Ee it known that we, HUGH E, Leonie and lllliirrsn A. Soo'rr, simens of the United States, residing :rt Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of illinois, lieve invented cern tain new and useful improvements in Feed Bags, of which the following is e specification.

This inventionreletes to feed begs, and' has for its object to provide an improved beg the bottom of wliieli is spring-supported with respect to tlie top7 so tbe-t wlien tlie beg is full the weight of tbe feed will cause the beg to expend, end es tbe feed is eaten tlie springs will draw up tlie bottom, so os to keep the feed neer tbe mouthI of the borse, and prevent the customary tossing of the beg in consequence of the innbilityof the animal. to rea-eli tbe feed, which results in spillingr and losing more or less of tbe feed.

The invention is villustrati-ul in the eccompany-inn"- drawings, in which Figure 1 is e perspective View of tbe beg expended. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the beg Contracted.

Referring specifically to tbe drawings, tbe beg will be seen. to be formed of e top ring f5, e bottom disk or boord 7, with e bend 8 around the edge thereof, and a body 9, tlie body being formed of oenvas orotlier flexible fabric. The bead strep l() is connected at its ends to the top ring.

The top ring lies seoured thereto, on opposite sides of tlie beg, tubes il which pro* ject' or extend downwardly and which arev fastened to the top ring by suitsble tortures The lower bond or bottoni of tbe beg has secured thereto e pair of upwerdly-ex tending rods 13 corresponding in position to the tubes 1l and projecting tbereinto. These rods will Worlf: up and down in tbe tubes. They are fastened to the bottom of the bag by fixtures 14. The tubes and rods ere surrounded by coiled springs 15 which are connected et opposite ends to the fixtures l2 end 14, and which tend to collapse tbe bag or drew up the bottom thereof, but tlie springs nre of proper strength to allow the bottom lto lower when feed is placed in the bag. The bag is retained in. proper shape or position by means of loose straps or loops 16 which are fixed to the body of the bag and extend around the tubes and the rods referred to. These straps prevent tlie body of the beg from felling or collapsing inwardly so as to interfere with access to the feed in tbe bei.

llVlien the animal is to be fed, tbe feed is placed in tbe bag, eeusing tbe same to eX- pend. Pis fest es the animal eats the feed the lessening weight will permit the springs to drew up the bottom or contract the beg and retain tlie body of the feed in Contact with the mouth of the horse.

We claim:

A oollepsible feed beg baring a rim at the top end depending tubes fixed to o posite sides of the rim, rods slidable Within seid tubes and fixed at their lower ends to the bottom of the beg, coiled springs around the tubes and rods and connected et opposite 1 ends to'the top and bottom of the beg, and loops connected to the body of the bog and extending around seid springs.

, ln testimony whereof we affix our signetures, in presence of two witnesses.

l HUGH E. LOCKE WALTER A'. SCOTT. Witnesses:

NELLIE FnL'rsKoo, H. G. BATCHELOR. 

